Evolution in art : as illustrated by the life-histories of designs (1902)
Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940 · London : W. Scott ; New York : C. Scribner's · leaf 42
d inmany of our ethnographicalmuseums. All the arrowsformerly used in TorresStraits were imported fromthe mainland of NewGuinea. Of these therewere many kinds: somewere quite plain, othershad simple wooden barbs,while others again hadbone barbs; it is only withthese latter that I am nowdealing. No… … Fig. 5.—Rubbing of part of thedecoration of a bamboo to-bacco-pipe, probably from themouth of the Fly River; one-third natural size, in the Liver-pool Museum. In the originalthe lines show dark on a lightground. 20 EVOLUTION IN ART. (3) those with a representation of a crocodile; and finally (4)…
Decoration and ornament · Art, Primitive
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